Hi all , I am now satisified that the eastward drifting object , spotted on the evening of May 6 is Eutelsat W3A . In orbit tests are complete and it is moving towards the operational slot of 7 degrees east. A time lapse video/animation can be seen here : http://mysite.freeserve.com/satcom_transits/w3moveanim.gif ...with an explanation in the "New" section of my geos website http://www.satcom.freeserve.co.uk/geos.htm The time lapse is made up of a selection of 7.5 second frames , taken from a total of 560 exposures obtained over an 82 minute period. FOV is 30 arc minutes. Magnitude estimated at mag11. Regards, John John Locker http://www.satcom.freeserve.co.uk/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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